7/16

• At least 4 people were killed in a mass shooting in Hampton, Georgia.
• United Airlines and its pilots union agreed to a labor deal that would raise pilots’ salaries by as much as 40% over 4 years.
• A federal judge ruled that Measure 114, which is a law in Oregon that prohibits the sale and import of firearm magazines with more than 10 rounds and requires all residents to obtain a firearms purchasing permit for new guns, is constitutional.

7/17

• Police shot and killed the suspect in the mass shooting in Hampton, Georgia (see 7/16).
• 5 people were killed and 2 children were missing due to the floods in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
• The death toll from the floods in South Korea increased to 39 (see 7/15).
• Iran’s morality police resumed their attempt to force women to wear hijabs in obedience with Islamic dress codes, despite the protests throughout the country following the murder of Mahsa Amini (see 9/22).

7/18

• The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously rejected former President Trump’s lawyers’ push to block Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation of Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
• The UN and U.S. denounce Russia’s decision to end the deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain throughout the Black Sea (see 5/17).
• A judge temporarily blocked Iowa’s 6-week abortion ban (see 7/15).

7/19

• Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed charges against 16 Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that they were casting electoral votes in favor of former President Trump Michigan’s 2020 presidential vote.

7/20

• New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu announced that he would not seek reelection in 2024.
• Wesleyan University stated that it was ending its legacy admissions policy.

7/21

• Iraq expelled Sweden’s ambassador in response to Stockholm police’s authorization of a protest in which demonstrators plan to burn a Quran.

7/22

• Alabama lawmakers approved a new map that contained only 1 majority-Black congressional district in the state, despite a Supreme Court ruling stating that Alabama must redraw a map that has at least two majority-Black districts (see 6/9).
• Protesters attempted to storm the Green Zone, a secure area in Baghdad which contains government buildings and foreign embassies, following reports that a copy of the Quran was burned in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark (see 7/21).
• Thousands of demonstrators gathered along Jerusalem’s Route 1 highway to protest the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul attempts.